Here's what I have been up to the past 6 months or so. I'm currently waiting on some tax stamps for a couple new suppressors and SBR builds. I picked up the Sig MPX 9mm SMG in preparation of a Clinton win for pres. She was going to ban all these firearms that's for damn sure. At least with Trump my babies are safe.

Top- Spikes Tactical AR15 with ATN X-sight night vision optic for predator hunting at night which is legal here in Oregon. I am waiting on the silencer for this rifle's paperwork to clear ATF.

Bottom- Sig MPX 9mm. I also have a short barreled rifle tax stamp and suppressor on the way. I'm hoping the paperwork will be processed by summer.

My hunting rifle. Ruger American in .308 short scout barrel.

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Originally Posted by RedCowboy

TRUMP SUPPORTS NATIONAL CONCEALED CARRY.

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump -- who said he has a concealed carry permit -- called for the expansion of gun rights Friday, including making those permits applicable nationwide. In a position paper published on his website Friday afternoon, Trump called for the elimination of gun and magazine bans, labeling them a "total failure."

"Law-abiding people should be allowed to own the firearm of their choice. The government has no business dictating what types of firearms good, honest people are allowed to own," Trump wrote.

It's not a departure from what he's said on the trail this year, though it does mark a shift from a position he took in his 2000 book "The America We Deserve," where Trump stated that he generally opposes gun control but that he supported a ban on assault weapons and a longer waiting period to get a gun.

"Opponents of gun rights try to come up with scary sounding phrases like 'assault weapons', 'military-style weapons' and 'high capacity magazines' to confuse people," Trump wrote Friday. "What they’re really talking about are popular semi-automatic rifles and standard magazines that are owned by tens of millions of Americans."

Amen to that! Im really hoping he removes SBR's and silencers from the NFA. I watched some videos on Youtube in which the NRA sat down with ole Donny and explained how pointless form 1's and 4's really are. Suppressors for hunting is a rapidly growing accessory. Not a single mass shooting or even gun crime reported has been with an SBR. The amount of paperwork i had to do with the new 41f ruling was absurd. All that paperwork but still the standard 10 min Universal background check like is done for buying any firearm. So pointless!

I have been buying a lot lately myself, I think everyone should finish a few 80's and enjoy a taste of freedom while we have it.

Actually I'm hoping we can get a lot of common sense things fixed because most are in fact unconstitutional infringements, and some are downright insulting prejudgment, such as I can't keep a 10.5 inch barreled upper in my safe along with a standard M4 rifle unless I have a pistol size buffer tube on a separate lower to go with it, and the concept that the sig brace can be held against my cheek legally but not my shoulder or that's a felony is beyond insanity, it's a matter of inches and flat out oppression that's nothing more than a blatant attempt to chisel away at our rights and intimidate people from owning something.

I really like how Mr. Trump said an American should be able to own any firearm they choose.

Great, lets repeal the GCA of 68 and 86

Make CCW licenses LIFETIME as it's a right, not a privilege or simply do away with the need, although it's worth having to skip the instant check but should be a lifetime permit and every State needs to be Shall issue.

Basically return to the Constitution and let people be free but responsible for their actions.

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Red Cowboy- The ATF ruling about the Sig brace is rediculous. Some of the ranges near me won't even allow you to use guns with these types of arm braces unless you velcro the damn thing to your arm as intended. So needless to say I havent even fired the MPX yet. Probably wont have my Stamps and silencers till mid summer. Its about 8-10 month backed up now that we can't file electronically.
My folks are shipping my DR200 out to me. I'm going to have the barrel cut down and threaded and change the stock and handguard. Im glad I held onto that rifle all these years its a pretty unique gun. Its more or less a .223 SCAR. Daewoo were ahead of the times on that design.

Great tools Olympus, I want so many but I have to budget my resources.

When the K2 with it's 1 in 7 twist barrel was banned from import Daewoo used their own off the shelf military surplus 1 in 12 twist for the DR-200's but the chamber must be a wylde or equivalent because we shoot reloaded NATO circle cross 556 brass all the time, it's GA ARMS reloads with 55gr at 3150 fps and there is some PMC and misc brass in there but also a lot of circle cross and I have never had a single problem with it. I have also shot XM-193 and American Eagle 223, they all chamber just fine. I just don't shoot any 855 or 109, well anything over 55gr, I swear it seems like that 1 in 12 has an advantage over the 1 in 7 - 1 in 9 when using 55gr. The only thing the woo is missing are the M4 feed ramps, still functions just fine but if you manually kick out an unfired round it will have little scrapes from the locks on the projectile, also the firing pin will leave a tiny kiss on the primer from inertia, but it's never been any trouble, it just slams shut with authority, these rifles were made to work in dirt and snow and I love the spring loaded ejector, it throws spent brass like it was mad at it, they are accurate and reliable, I wish I had bought more when they were new, the rear sight is quality and the trigger floor swings down for use with thick gloves. I have warmed up to direct impingement but the piston rifles are super reliable, although they still carry a higher price. FAXON kind of copied the Daewoo concept. The SCAR is great but again not cheap.

__________________You can not put freedom in a bag.
It is in fact an abstract concept.Yet it is the single most valuable thing anyone has ever had.

Great tools Olympus, I want so many but I have to budget my resources.

When the K2 with it's 1 in 7 twist barrel was banned from import Daewoo used their own off the shelf military surplus 1 in 12 twist for the DR-200's but the chamber must be a wylde or equivalent because we shoot reloaded NATO circle cross 556 brass all the time, it's GA ARMS reloads with 55gr at 3150 fps and there is some PMC and misc brass in there but also a lot of circle cross and I have never had a single problem with it. I have also shot XM-193 and American Eagle 223, they all chamber just fine. I just don't shoot any 855 or 109, well anything over 55gr, I swear it seems like that 1 in 12 has an advantage over the 1 in 7 - 1 in 9 when using 55gr. The only thing the woo is missing are the M4 feed ramps, still functions just fine but if you manually kick out an unfired round it will have little scrapes from the locks on the projectile, also the firing pin will leave a tiny kiss on the primer from inertia, but it's never been any trouble, it just slams shut with authority, these rifles were made to work in dirt and snow and I love the spring loaded ejector, it throws spent brass like it was mad at it, they are accurate and reliable, I wish I had bought more when they were new, the rear sight is quality and the trigger floor swings down for use with thick gloves. I have warmed up to direct impingement but the piston rifles are super reliable, although they still carry a higher price. FAXON kind of copied the Daewoo concept. The SCAR is great but again not cheap.

Sorry for the late reply cowboy but this is great info thank you. I bought my DR200 in the 90's and never got to fire it before I moved to Portland. I was working a gun shop back east and the Daewoo always caught my eye up on the wall so before I left that job and East coast I bought one.
Have you done any customizing on your? I have found one company that offers after market handguards and stocks. Ill change out the stock ones when i get the rifle back.

Target shooting is a lot of fun, and just like operating a laser there are safety rules that everyone must know, such as never allow the business end to be pointed at anything you don't want to shoot no matter if it's loaded or not.

Always know your backstop and treat every gun as if it's loaded at all times.

I find that gun owners look out for each other at the shooting ranges, if I see someone start to drift anywhere other than downrange I will give them a friendly warning, it's only new shooters who do it, most people know gun safety and after a few minutes you can tell who's new and who's not, most people I encounter are very safety conscious as am I.

A friend I went to school with lives 45 minutes away and has some 25 acres of property in a rural county and it's great to be able to set up full diet soda cans and pop them, I buy several cases of cheap Walmart diet soda so there's no sugar mess to draw bugs. Sadly he travels a lot doing power line construction and is not around a lot right now and an unattended WMA sight in range I used to use is closed, paper targets are ok, but chasing reactive targets is a lot more fun and things that pop are awesome.

I really want some property of my own in a county where you can shoot outside, if you live in a urban or suburban area with more than so many people per square mile you have to go to a range, but if you have a safe distance worth of property from adjacent property lines then you can shoot on your own land provided you are in a county where it's not restricted by population density.

Even shooting hardened steel targets are more fun than paper.

This YT couple has a lot of fun.

__________________You can not put freedom in a bag.
It is in fact an abstract concept.Yet it is the single most valuable thing anyone has ever had.

No idea. Did you think it was easy to navigate and visually appealing? As for signing up, it is a pain in the butt. I had to use another email address to sign up. Then I changed the email address once the account was set up.

For night vision hunting the generation of NV you have makes a big difference.

If you want an IR sighting laser you should match it to your NV equipment.
Sorry I can't tell you about model numbers as I have experimented with making my own toys on the cheap from repurposed AV such as the virtual HD goggles and high sensitivity CCD security micro cams, I am geared more towards short range and vision protection from flash, but even at 0.7mw of 850nm as yours has, you can see it pretty well in the less than 200 yard range with gen II NV, the divergence as always is a factor.

Here are a couple videos I found, sorry I don't own that unit, I am saving up for the next price break in a flir type scope that won't emit anything, I think some animals can see the near ir, not sure, but the green would be visible although as I understand it can stun game such as deer and they will stand there rather than run.
Thermal can see through fog/smoke the camouflage of nature and the pitch black of a moonless night, you don't have to emit any area illumination or sighting laser.
Before long we will have a hybrid of both, about the time I drop thousands on a bargain flir, lol.

Here's someone's thor thermal. This farmer is saving his crops from a growing pest problem of dangerous feral hogs.

Not wanting to get off topic, but these feral hogs are a growing problem and they do charge people and dogs, the hogs are tough and have sharp tusk, that's why the hunting dogs wear protective vests.
Check this out, warning it is graphic.

__________________You can not put freedom in a bag.
It is in fact an abstract concept.Yet it is the single most valuable thing anyone has ever had.

True, but it makes it a lot harder for a person to obtain a firearm, and pricey too. They wouldn't be able to obtain multi-firearms for a spree.

No, actually. What this does is create an instant black market for gun sales. Then criminal element has complete control of the market. This is exactly what the ban is supposed to prevent, but in reality does exactly the opposite.